Charles B. RILEY, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. the BENDIX CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue raised in this case is the meaning of the prohibition in Section 703(a) (1) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. 2000e-2(a) (1), against discrimination “because of religion.”

The issue that is drawn may be posed by stating the positions taken by the respective parties. The employer, The Bendix Corporation, contends that when it employs a salaried employee to work a scheduled number of hours per week, and company policy provides that such employee be occasionally shifted to a different shift, which impinges upon a time of the week, in this…